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Amsterdam. Amsterdam is de hoofdstad van Nederland. De stad ligt aan het IJ, het Noordzeekanaal en de monding van de Amstel in de gelijknamige gemeente Amsterdam in de provincie Noord-Holland. Qua inwoneraantal is Amsterdam met 918.117 inwoners (1 januari 2023) [1] de grootste stad van Nederland.
Amsterdam (/ ˈ æ m s t ər d æ m / AM-stər-dam, UK also / ˌ æ m s t ər ˈ d æ m / AM-stər-DAM, Dutch: [ˌɑmstərˈdɑm] ⓘ; literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands. It has a population of 921,402 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the ...
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bewerk. ××× ×××. Amsterdam is de ( titulaire) hoofdstad van Nederland. Men spreekt in het Amsterdams ook wel van Mokum (afgeleid van het Hebreeuwse woord voor 'stad', "makom"). Het is een van de steden in de Randstad. De stad ligt in de provincie Noord-Holland, aan de monding van de Amstel en aan het IJ.
Amsterdam has a long and eventful history. The origins of the city lie in the 12th century, when fishermen living along the banks of the River Amstel built a bridge across the waterway near the IJ, which at the time was a large saltwater inlet.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, pronounced [ˈkoːnɪŋkrɛik dɛr ˈneːdərlɑndə(n)] ⓘ), commonly known simply as the Netherlands, is a sovereign state consisting of a collection of constituent territories united under the monarch of the Netherlands, who functions as head of state.
Although the proper legal status of Amsterdam as capital of the Netherlands is of recent date, the city has been recognized as the capital since 1814. In that year Willem Frederik, Prince of Orange and Nassau, was proclaimed Sovereign Prince of the United Netherlands and invested as such on 30 March 1814 in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam.
